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Table of Kings and Prophets in Israel and Judah

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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(the dates apply to the kings.)

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Prophets.

b.c.

Kings.

Time of Reign.

Samuel.

1095

Saul,

Reigned 40 years.

Gad.

1055

David,

Reigned 40 years.

Nathan.

1015

Solomon,

Reigned 40 years.

IN THE DIVIDED KINGDOM.

JUDAH.

ISRAEL.

Began b.c.

Kings.

Reigned Years

Prophets.

Began b.c.

Kings.

Reigned Years

Prophets.

975

Rehoboam,

Shemaiah.

975

Jeroboam,

Ahijah.

958

Abijah,

Iddo.

955

Asa,

Oded.

Azariah.

954

Nadab,

Hanani.

953

Baasha,

930

Elah,

929

Zimri,

7 dys.

929

Omri,

918

Ahab,

Elijah.

914

Jehoshaphat,

Jehu.

Micaiah.

898

Ahaziah,

Elisha.

Jahaziel.

896

Joram,

892

Jehoram,

Eliezer.

885

Ahaziah,

884

Athaliah,

884

Jehu,

878

Jehoash,

Zechariah, son of Jehoiada.

856

Jehoahaz,

Jonah. [?]

841

Joash,

839

Amaziah,

825

Jeroboam II.,

Hosea.

810

Uzziah,

Zechariah,

Amos.

2 Chronicles 26:5.

784

Interregnum,

773

Zachariah,

6 mo.

772

Shallum,

1 mo.

772

Menahem,

761

Pekahiah,

759

Pekah,

758

Jotham,

Isaiah.

742

Ahaz,

Micah.

739

Anarchy,

Oded.

730

Hoshea,

726

Hezekiah,

Nahum.

721

The kingdom of Israel overthrown by the Assyrians and Samaria . destroyed.

698

Manasseh,

Joel.

643

Amon,

641

Josiah,

Jeremiah.

610

Jehoahaz,

3 mos.

Habakkuk

610

Jehoiakim,

Zephaniah.

599

Jehoiachin,

100 days.

Ezekiel.

——

Daniel.

599

Zedekiah,

Obadiah. [?]

Persian Kings, after the Captivity.

588

Jerusalem destroyed.

536 First year of Cyrus.

——

529 Cambyses.

Governors after the Captivity.

521 Darius Hystaspes.

486 Xerxes I.

536

Zerubbabel,

Haggai.

478 Esther Queen.

457

Ezra,

Zechariah.

465 Artaxerxes-Longimanus.

445

Nehemiah,

Malachi.

424 Darius Nothus.

Contemporary with Rehoboam was Sesonchis of the 22d dynasty in Egypt; with Jehoshaphat, Mesha king of Moab, and Eth-baal king of Tyre: and with Athaliah, Dido, who founded Carthage. During Uzziah's long reign the First Olympiad takes its rise: and Rome was founded (753) in the reign of Jotham.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Table of Kings and Prophets in Israel and Judah'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​t/table-of-kings-and-prophets-in-israel-and-judah.html. 1893.
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